Scientist II, Pricing and Incentives

Uber • Sunnyvale, CA • 3w ago

About the Role

Scientists at Uber use data to analyze, improve and automate all aspects of Uber's core rideshare and delivery products. You will be joining the Pricing and Incentives team, which owns our automated real-time pricing and incentives algorithms and platform. You will work on analyzing data that help design the models that maintain reliability and improve the efficiency of Uber's Mobility marketplace.

We are looking for experienced candidates with a passion for analyzing data and solving new and difficult problems with data. In this role, you will be able to use your strong quantitative skills in the fields of economics, machine learning, and/or operations research to improve the Uber rider experience as well as the overall marketplace performance.

What the Candidate Will Need / Bonus Points

Use data to understand product performance and to identify improvement opportunities.

Build statistical, optimization, and machine learning models for a range of applications in the pricing and incentives algorithms space.

Design and execute product experiments and interpret the results to draw detailed and actionable conclusions.

Present findings to senior management to inform business decisions.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams across disciplines such as product, engineering, operations, and marketing to drive system development end-to-end from ideation to productionization

Ph.D., M.S., or Bachelors degree in Statistics, Economics, Machine Learning, Operations Research, or other quantitative fields.

2+ years of experience as an Applied or Data Scientist or equivalent (can be also as part of Ph.D training).

Knowledge of underlying mathematical foundations of statistics, machine learning, optimization, economics, and analytics.

Experience in experimental design and analysis.

Experience with exploratory data analysis, statistical analysis and testing, and model development.

Ability to use Python to work efficiently at scale with large data sets.

Proficiency in SQL.

2+ years of industry experience.

Experience in algorithm development and prototyping.

Experience in pricing optimization.

Experience with productionizing algorithms for real-time systems.

Well-honed communication and presentation skills.

For New York, NY-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$155,000 per year - USD$172,000 per year. For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$155,000 per year - USD$172,000 per year. For Seattle, WA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$155,000 per year - USD$172,000 per year. For Sunnyvale, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$155,000 per year - USD$172,000 per year. For all US locations, you will be eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program, and may be offered an equity award & other @types of comp. You will also be eligible for various benefits. More details can be found at the following link https://www.uber.com/careers/benefits.

Uber is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing this form- https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdb_Y9Bv8-lWDMbpidF2GKXsxzNh11wUUVS7fM1znOfEJsVeA/viewform

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